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    Acer Aspire AS2930

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jamesshelford, Oct 27, 2008.

  1. jamesshelford

    jamesshelford Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have (well my parents have) reserved one of these as a birthday present for me and im wondering what people think. Especially in regard to screen size and portability but also in regards to price as it uses the new centrino 2 processor. I am led to believe the battery life is about 3 hours, any thoughts on this either?

    Please note im going for the one with the better spec.

    play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6735861/Acer-Aspire-AS2930-Core-2-Duo-T7350-4GB-320GB-12-DVD-SM-Vista-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html

    Thanks in advance,

    James
     
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    Are you planning to play some (newer)games on it? If yes DON'T BUY THIS LAPTOP!
     
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    Nah im not really going to play any major games, maybe a bit of miniclip here and there and a bit of dreamweaver, thats about the extent the graphics card is going to have to deal with. Possible photoshop now and then.
     
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    Just a quick update i bought one of these computers yesterday from a place called simply acer... its a better spec than the one at play.com and with free next day delivery. Its running really well and im very pleased, anyone thinking about buying one dont hessitate to contact me to talk about it cz i know there isnt much information out there about this model. Also thanks to atthegates for giving me his feedback. James.
     
    jamesshelford, Oct 31, 2008
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    Good for you glad you're happy with your new laptop and if your run into some troubles you know where to come :D
     
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    Can someone tell me what the battery life is like on this?
     
    Ben Morgan, Nov 2, 2008
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    Sure it’s quite impressive for a laptop with such a powerful processor. I get about three and a half hours out of it and that’s on the "balanced" setting there are also "high performance" and "power saving" settings which will alter the battery performance accordingly.

    If your thinking of buying one of these i would defiantly recommend one I’m chuffed with mine, as long as your not into really demanding gaming this is a great laptop. I would recommend you get the more powerful one (I got mine from SimplyAcer) as it has substantially better graphics.

    James
     
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    Hi,

    me again... does anyone know how i can remap the media buttons on left the side of this model?

    James
     
    jamesshelford, Nov 10, 2008
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